| The Battle of the River Plate (Pursuit of the Graf Spee) | |
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| Directed by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
| Written by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
| Produced by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
| Starring | John Gregson Anthony Quayle Peter Finch |
| Narrated by | David Farrar |
| Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
| Edited by | Reginald Mills |
| Music by | Brian Easdale |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors Ltd. |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £275,348[1][2] |
| Box office | $750,000 (US)[3] |
The Battle of the River Plate (a.k.a. Pursuit of the Graf Spee in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Bernard Lee and Peter Finch. It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film Distributors Ltd.
The film's storyline concerns the Battle of the River Plate, an early World War II naval engagement in 1939 between a Royal Navy force of three cruisers and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
- ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 359 - the movie went slightly over budget
- ^ Macdonald, Kevin (1994). Emeric Pressburger: The Life and Death of a Screenwriter. Faber and Faber. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-571-16853-8.
- ^ "Rank-Yank Keeps Expanding". Variety. 16 July 1959. p. 13.